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LocumTenens.com promoted Brooke Thompson to senior VP, customer operations, and Susanne Hodges to senior VP, information services. Both will join the senior leadership team. Thompson began her career with Jackson Healthcare, LocumTenens.com’s parent company and the second-largest US provider of locum...

The H-1B visa loses its luster (San Francisco Chronicle)

As passage to the US gets harder for tech workers, ties between India and Silicon Valley are beginning to fray, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Many in America’s tech hub worry that talent not welcome in the US will go elsewhere, or stay home. And a flurry of new rules issued by the Trump administration...

Recruit completes $1.2 billion Glassdoor acquisition

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest staffing firms, completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Glassdoor announced last month.

Tokyo-based Recruit ranked as one of the largest job board operators in Staffing Industry Analysts’ Job Board Market Report issued last year; Glassdoor also ranks in the top 20....

US economic growth moderates in May: The Conference Board

The Conference Board’s US Leading Economic Index edged up 0.2% in May to a reading of 109.5 (2016 = 100), following increases of 0.4% in both April and March.

“While May’s increase in the U.S. LEI was slower than in recent months, the improvements in a majority of its components offset the declines...

Canadian job growth slows in May: ADP

Canada’s employment edged up by 2,900 jobs in May from April, according to the ADP Canada National Employment Report. However, the total of jobs added in April in the previous report was revised down to 15,100 from 30,200.

“Job growth in Canada slowed in the month of May,” said Ahu Yildirmaz,...

Jobless claims average falls by 4,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 221,000 last week, down 4,000 from the previous week’s average, the US Department of Labor reported. The previous week’s average was revised upward by 750.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of...

Plan calls for merger of Departments of Labor and Education (Politico)

The Trump Administration plans to push for a merger of the Department of Labor and Department of Education, Politico.com reported. Congress would need to approve combining the agencies. The Department of Labor tracks labor market statistics through its US Bureau of Labor Statistics, including the number...

US industrial staffing represents nearly quarter of global market (Industrial Staffing Report)

US industrial staffing represents 23% of the global $149 billion industrial temporary staffing market, writes Timothy Landhuis, director of research, North America, for Staffing Industry Analysts. The US market grew to $33.6 billion last year, up from $17.9 billion in 2009, the recession low.

Airswift names new CEO, other exec changes

Airswift, a staffing provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, announced current COO Janette Marx will become the group CEO. Marx replaces current CEO Peter Searle, who will take on the role of executive chairman. Meanwhile, Chairman Ian Langley, who founded the company 30 years ago,...

PayPal picks up gig economy payment platform for $400 million

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday that it will acquire Hyperwallet, a firm that provides an online payment platform to pay freelancers as well as send and receive payments in other types of online transactions. Hyperwallet lists human cloud, online staffing firms Toptal and tilr among its customers....